@Mark *****

they are changing visa requirements regularly these days. Who knows what will happen with the retirement visa in a few years? Remember, you have to renew it every year. With a 20 year Elite, I'm set for a good long time.

I applied for an Elite Visa last month to get in under the window. Time was closing in, so I couldn't afford it to be rejected because I made a stupid mistake. That said, my other option was a retirement visa, and I was planning to use an agent for the same reason. I'll use one to start a bank account and to get my license, again for the same reason.

@Jack ***************

no, I just find it's easier to just do the little things instead of fighting them. Some things are worth fighting, but most aren't.

@Jack ***************

seems like if they require an onward ticket your options are get an onward ticket or don't get the visa.

Get an onward ticket. If you want a visa, you do what they say you have to do. No one cares if you like it or not.

Try again next year.

@Bob *********

okay, I do plan to have a good sized emergency fund kept in it, so I should be fine.

@Bob *********

no. Charles Schwab is deactivating accounts? For what reason?

@Michael *******

oh, sorry, I thought you paid 9000 in the Bay Area.

@Michael *******

180,000 baht is 5,056 dollars, so not really close at all. Just over half.